Nat, naught, 703. Shortened from A.S. _ná wuht_, i.e. _no whit_. Nece, nephew, 2200, 2245, 2720. R. _niez_. Nedlyngis, of necessity, 2337, J. A.S. _neádinga_. Nemmyt, considered, estimated, 649, 2852. A.S. _nemnan_, to name, call. Ner, near, 441. Neulyngis, newly, again, 36, J. A.S. _níwe-líce_ (?). Newis, for Nevis, nieves, fists, 1222. Icel. _hnefi_. Dan. _næve_. Burns has _nieve_; Shakspeare _neif_. Noght, not, 1182. Noiß, nose, 2714. R. _néis_. Nome, name, 226, 320, 1546, 3341. Fr. _nomme_. Nome, took, 591, 1048. A.S. _niman_, past tense, _ic nám_. Northest, north-east, 677. Not (shortened from Ne wot), know not, 522, 3144. A.S. _nát_, from _nitan_ = _ne witan_. Not, naught, 720. See _Nat_. Noyith, annoyeth, 904. Fr. _nuire_. Lat. _nocere_. Noyt, annoyed, offended, 471. { Nys, Nyce, } (nice), foolish, 127, 1946. Fr. _niais_. O, a, an, _passim_; one, a single, 2998, 3003, 3393, etc. Obeisand, obedient, 641. Obeß, obey, 2134. Oblist, obliged, 969. Occupye, to use, employ, 3457; to dwell, 75. Lat. _occupare_. Of, with, 66. Oft-syß, oft-times, 2304, 2594, 2789, 2885, 2929. See _Syß_. On, and, 519. Possibly a mistake. One, on, often used for In; One to = unto. { Onan, Onone, Onon, } anon, 158, 1466, 2602, etc. The form “onan,” l. 3086, suggests the derivation of _anon_; viz. from A.S. _on-án_, in one; hence, forthwith, immediately. Onys, once, at some time or other, 3013; at onys, at once, 3187. { Opin, 1286, Opine, 13, } open. Or, ere, before, 77, 1887, 2545. A.S. _ǽr_. Ordand, to set in array, 784; to prepare, procure, 1713. R. _ordener_; Lat. _ordinare_. Ordan, to provide, 2416, 2777. Ordynat, ordained, 490. See l. 507. Orest (= Arest), to arrest, stop, 3186. Orient, east, 5. Oucht, it; it is the duty of (= Lat. _debet_), 2995. Strictly, we should here have had “it owes” (_debet_), not “it ought” (_debuit_). See _Aw_. Ourfret, over-adorned, decked out, 71, 2480. A.S. _frætwian_, to trim, adorn. Out-throng (= Lat. _expressit_), expressed, uttered, 65. A.S. _út_, out, and _þringan_, to press. Owtrag, outrage, 3454. R. _outrage_; Ital. _oltraggio_, from Lat. _ultra_. The MS. has _outray_, probably owing to confusion with _affray_ in the same line. We find “owtrag” in l. 2578. Oyß, to use, 1701, J.